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I tend to think that Earthquakes are nature's way of reminding us that, in spite of our technology, we are not in charge here on this earth. Rather we are just along for the ride, at times an E ticket ride at that.
We live in
San Lorenzo, which is about 4 miles from the Hayward fault. After
the Loma Prieta quake a lot of real valuable information became
public about soil stability in the bay area. It was no great
comfort to me to find that our little neigborhood is in one of
those red zones on the soil maps. We are on what used to be the
mud flats of the San Francisco Bay.
Amazingly we rode out the Loma Prieta quake with no damage. Of
course the epicenter was about 50 miles away too. All these
pictures are of the Loma quake damage in Oakland
It took about a month before the personal earthquakes stopped
(that's when you could have sworn the room just moved, but no one
else felt it). One thing that sticks with me to this day, is that
the day of the Loma quake I finished a rush job for a client in
San Francisco. I should have driven over and delivered it, but
instead, and this is really out of character for me, I took the
rest of the day off. Had I delivered I would have been on the top
deck of the Cypress structure when it went down. Whoever my
gaurdian angel is THANKS!!!
Here are some sites I enjoy visiting, you might find them
interesting too.
U.S.G.S. Weekly Seismicity
Reports and Current Seismicity
Please email me with any comments at kim@knjcomputers.com
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